To the content
2 . 2023

DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL COMPETENCIES OF MEDICAL WORKERS

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of developing digital competencies of medical workers in the context of the overall digitalization of Russian healthcare. It focuses on the use of digital skills in the daily practice of healthcare professionals and their relevance in the current and future clinical practice. The issues of the influence of artificial intelligence on medicine and the role of the doctor in the future are discussed.

Keywords:digital competencies; medical education; artificial intelligence; soft skills; telemedicine; cyber security

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Kazanfarova M.А., Prirodova O.F., Ardashirova N.S. Development of digital competencies of medical workers. Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i professional’noe razvitie [Medical education and professional development]. 2023; 14 (2): 109–22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2220-8453-2023-14-2-109-122 (in Russian)

References

1.di Giacomo D., Vittorini P., Lacasa P. Editorial: digital skills and life-long learning: digital learning as a new insight of enhanced learning by the innovative approach joining technology and cognition. Front Psychol. 2018; 9: 2621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02621

2.Foadi N., Varghese J. Digital competence – a key competence for todays and future physicians. J Eur CME. 2022; 11 (1): 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21614083.2021.2015200

3.Cullen R., Clark M., Esson R. Evidence-based information-seeking skills of junior doctors entering the workforce: an evaluation of the impact of information literacy training during pre-clinical years. Health Info Libr J. 2011; 28 (2): 119–29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00933.x

4.Jidkov L., Alexander M., Bark P., Williams J.G., Kay J., Taylor P., et al. Health informatics competencies in postgraduate medical education and training in the UK: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2019; 9 (3): e025460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025460

5.Roda S. Digital skills for doctors – explaining European doctors’ position. J Eur CME. 2021; 10 (1): 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21614083.2021.2014097

6.Kim M.O., Coiera E., Magrabi F. Problems with health information technology and their effects on care delivery and patient outcomes: a systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2017; 24 (2): 246–50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw154

7.Kuhn S., et al. Digital skills for medical students – qualitative evaluation of the curriculum 4.0 “Medicine in the digital age” // GMS journal for medical education. 2020; 37 (6): Doc60.

8.European Health Parliament . Committee on digital skills for health professionals 2016. URL: https://www.healthparliament.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Digital-skills-for-health-professionals.pdf (date of access 05.12.2022).

9.GxP News. URL: https://gxpnews.net/2022/04/vracham-ne-nravitsya-czifrovizacziya/ (date of access 18.05.2022).

10. Aulenkamp J., Mikuteit M., Löffler T., Schmidt J. Overview of digital health teaching courses in medical education in Germany in 2020. GMS J Med Educ. 2021; 38 (4): Doc80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3205/zma001476

11. Reich J.L.K., Khakhria K. NHS must lead innovation in digital medicine. BMJ. 2019; 365: l1944. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1944

12. Banerjee R., George P., Priebe C., Alper E. Medical student awareness of and interest in clinical informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012; 22 (e1): e42–7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocu046

13. Dudin M.N., Golyshko P.V., Vashalomidze E.V., Gurtskoy D.A., Gurtskoy L.D. Development of digital competencies of medical staff in the context of the overall digitalization of the Russian healthcare. Problemy sotsial`noy gigieny, zdravookhraneniya i storii meditsiny [Problems of social hygiene, public health and history of medicine]. 2022; 30 (5): 843–52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32687/0869-866X-2022-30-5-843-852 (in Russian)

14. Aksenova E.I., Shkrumyzk A.R. Healthcare personnel in the context of the introduction of digital systems. Buylleten` natsionalnogo nauchno-issledovatelskogo instituta v usloviyakh vnedreniya tsifrovykh system [Bulletin of Semashko national research institute of public health]. 2021; (4): 130–7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25742/NRIPH.2021.04.018 (in Russian)

15. Kolennikova O. Using digital technologies by medical professionals. Narodonaselenie [Population]. 2022; 25 (3): 189–99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2022.25.3.15 (in Russian)

16. Continuous medical and pharmaceutical education portal of the Ministry of Heath of Russian Federatin. URL: https://edu.rosminzdrav.ru (date of access 22.05.2023) (in Russian)

17. Bikhatova E., Ivanchuk O. The issue of forming digital competences among students of medical universities. CITISE. 2021; 30 (4): 595–605. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15350/2409-7616.2021.4.55 (in Russian)

18. Demina E.A., Karaseva L.A., Dvoynikov S.I., Sirotko M.L. The evaluation of efficiency of the program “The automated working place of the senior medical nurse.” Problemy sotsial`noy gigieny, zdravookhraneniya i storii meditsiny [Problems of social hygiene public health and history of medicine]. 2020; 28 (4): 610–5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32687/0869-866X-2020-28-4-610-615 (in Russian)

19. Detmer D.E. Interprofessional clinical informatics education and practice: Essentials for learning healthcare systems worldwide. J Interprof Care. 2017; 31 (2): 187–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2016.1250554

20. Rahal R.M., Mercer J., Kuziemsky C., Yaya S. Factors affecting the mature use of electronic medical records by primary care physicians: a systematic review. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2021; 21 (1): 67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01434-9

21. Accenture. Why artificial intelligence is the future of growth. 2017.

22. Sberbank University. Learning in the new normal: challenges and answers. Moscow; 2020. (in Russian)

23. Buck C., Doctor E., Hennrich J., Jöhnk J., Eymann T. General practitioners’ attitudes toward artificial intelligence–enabled systems: interview study. J Med Internet Res. 2022; 24 (1): e28916. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/28916

24. Ahuja A.S. The impact of artificial intelligence in medicine on the future role of the physician. Peer J. 2019; (7): e7702. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7702

25. Cortellazzo L., Bruni E., Zampieri R. The role of leadership in a digitalized world: a review. Front Psychol. 2019; 10. DOI: https://doi.org/193810.3389/fpsyg.2019.01938

All articles in our journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0 license)

CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Balkizov Zalim Zamirovich
Secretary General of the Russian Society of Medical Education Specialists, Director of the Institute of Training of Medical Education Specialists of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, 125993, Moscow, Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Vocational Education and Educational Technologies of the N.I. Pirogov RNIMU of the MOH of Russia, CEO of GEOTAR-Med, Advisor President of the National Medical Chamber, Moscow, Russian Federation

Journals of «GEOTAR-Media»